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March 13, 2001

NARM ANNOUNCES 2001-2002 BOARD AND OFFICERS

The National Association Of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) has announced the 2001-2002 slate of officers for its Board of Directors. In addition, four new members have been elected to the Board.

Peter Cline, Handleman Company, will serve as Chairman for the upcoming term; David Schlang, AEC One-Stop Group is the Vice Chairman; Larry Gaines, Wherehouse Entertainment, is Treasurer; and Joe Pagano, Best Buy Co., Inc., is Secretary.

Four new members are taking seats on the board: Jennifer Cast, Amazon.com; Len Cosimano, Borders, Inc.; Eric Doctorow, Paramount Home Video; and Bill Lardie, Anderson Merchandisers. Those continuing to serve on the Board of Directors include George Daniels, George’s Music Room; Alayna Hill, Record Archive; Tony Kirsch, Dart Distributing; Joe Micallef, Allegro Corporation; David Mount, WEA Corporation; and Eric Paulson, Navarre Corporation.

NARM serves the music and other prerecorded entertainment software industry as the pre-eminent forum for insight and dialogue for its more than 1,200 member retailers, wholesalers, distributors, entertainment software suppliers, and suppliers of related products and services.